Ensuring Techquity in Healthcare Innovation and Implementation: Challenges & Opportunities-Ensuring Techquity in Healthcare Innovation and Implementation

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The Green Channel's latest session covered the critical topic of ensuring technology equity in healthcare innovation and implementation, focusing on how to integrate novel technologies into clinical practice. Dr. Demi-Ladia Deidenshiwa, a non-invasive cardiologist at Mayo Clinic, along with Dr. Yvonne Commodore-Menza, a nurse and cardiovascular epidemiologist, and Dr. Aubrey Grant, a clinical sports cardiologist, were the key speakers. <br /><br />Key points discussed included:<br />1. <strong>Importance of Technology in Healthcare</strong>: Emphasis on the significant advancements in digital technologies and their effectiveness in cardiology.<br />2. <strong>Health Disparities and Equity</strong>: Recognition that health disparities persist despite awareness and mitigation strategies, highlighted by studies showing increased maternal mortality rates in the U.S., particularly among black women.<br />3. <strong>Algorithmic Bias</strong>: Discussion of AI bias arising from non-diverse datasets, exemplified by inaccuracies in wearable technology data among different skin tones.<br />4. <strong>Human-Centered Design</strong>: Highlighted the need for diverse creators and inclusive development processes to ensure technology applications are equitable.<br />5. <strong>Implementation Challenges and Sustainability</strong>: Importance of ensuring technologies are user-friendly, accepted, affordable, and sustainable post-deployment.<br /><br />Dr. Demi-Ladia and the panelists advocated for careful study of the context in which technologies are deployed, involving all stakeholders in the design and implementation processes to ensure technologies do not exacerbate existing disparities but rather bridge gaps and improve health outcomes equitably.

Keywords

technology equity

healthcare innovation

cardiology advancements

health disparities

algorithmic bias

human-centered design

implementation challenges

sustainable technology